Wednesday, June 1, 2011

How an E-cat may have automotive applications

This one is a little more up my alley, as the saying goes.  My kind of thing.  I worked in the field for a few years, so this interests me.  Not to mention, it is a source of much interest to the public nowadays.  In particular, the green political movement has managed to generate support for their position that the use of fossil fuels should be eliminated.  Since America uses 25% of the oil, but has only 4% of the population of the world, the moral necessity of a solution appears to be necessary.  We need to feel guilty, you see.  An E-cat automotive application can change those facts in a big way.

But how?  That will be the subject of this post.  First, before speculating upon that, I'll make a few observations that anyone can make.  The E-cat appears to be small, but powerful.  Given that, it can be placed in the engine compartment of a vehicle.  Maybe.  I'll get back to this later, but the E-cat itself will fit.  Secondly, it is powerful enough for its size in order to power an automobile.  To show that this is true, look at my analysis of fuel cell/battery hybrid concept that I made in earlier posts.  Replace the fuel cell with an E-cat, and you are there.  Thirdly, the E-cat proposition appears to be affordable.  This means that the power plant can be competitive with a conventional gas powered vehicle.  At 1 cent per kilowatt hour, and 3 miles per kilowatt, the cost advantage potential should be apparent.  The cost of fuel in the case of gasoline or any other fuel combination pales in comparison.  The E-cat appears to be of such design that it will not cost a lot to make it and not much to operate it.  It should be a big winner.

Now for some brass tacks, as the saying goes.  Here's a picture of a solar dish with a Stirling engine that can generate 25 kwh of power.  My analysis shows that 25 kwh can power a vehicle in almost any power configuration that you can imagine.  Now, maybe you can't tow a big trailer with it, or a boat, but you can use it for an ordinary automotive application in a variety of possible scenarios.
http://cogeneration.net/solar-dish-engine/

The Stirling engine is in the right upper corner.  It takes the focused energy of the sun and converts it into electrical power.  It's size could be made to fit inside a car.  It looks a little large there, but I am confident that it could be reworked so that it could fit in a ordinary sized car.  Also, the E-cat is not large either.  Taken together, the amount of hardware needed will be comparable to the hardware needed for an internal combustion engine.  As you may know, for an ICE, you need the engine, transmission, rear axle, and a gas tank.  Not to mention, a starter and and a radiator.  All this takes space.  So, if Stirling engine may appear to be large here, it can be reworked to fit.  It needs development, but it can be done, in my opinion.

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